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AUGURY: Another New Song Posted Online

Faith Puppeteers, another new song from Montreal juggernauts AUGURY, has been made available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the band's long-awaited new album, "Fragmentary Evidence", which is scheduled for release on July 17 in Europe and August 11 in North America. Th...

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OPETH Frontman Reveals How He Got Into Heavy Metal

Guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH recently spoke to Finland's Domination TV about how he first got into heavy metal. Watch the six-minute chat below. OPETH will take part in the European installment of DREAM THEATER's Progressive Nation tour, set to take plac...

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DREAM THEATER Drummer Reveals Top 5 Metal Bands Of All Time; Video Available

Roadrunner Records has uploaded video footage of DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy revealing and discussing his "top five metal bands of all time." Watch the seven-minute clip below. Portnoy's top five metal bands of all time are as follows: 01. BLACK SABBATH 02. IRON MAIDEN 03. METALLICA 04. SLAYE...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM: European Dates Announced

Arizona-based metallers FLOTSAM AND JETSAM have scheduled the following European dates: Aug. 21 - Treibsand - Lübeck, Germany Aug. 22 - Rock Mania - Dettelbach, Germany Aug. 23 - Rock Temple - Kerkrade, The Netherlands Aug. 24 - Die Halle - Frankfurt, Germany Aug. 25 - Exit Chmelnice - Praha, Czech...

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ENSLAVED: Footage From HELLFEST Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of Norwegian progressive metallers ENSLAVED performing the song "As Fire Swept Clean The Earth" on June 20, 2009 at the Hellfest in Clisson, France can be viewed below (clip uploaded by Dave Ingham a.k.a. YouTube user "triptykon"). As previously reported, ENSLAVED visited th...

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PAIN: Footage From France's HELLFEST Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Swedish metallers PAIN performing the song "Shut Your Mouth" on June 20, 2009 at the Hellfest in Clisson, France can be viewed below (clip uploaded by Dave Ingham a.k.a. YouTube user "triptykon"). PAIN's "Monkey Business" video was shot on March 23 and March 24 at the Zen...

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OPETH: Malmö Concert To Be Broadcast On Swedish Radio

A professional audio recording of OPETH's February 18, 2009 concert at Kulturbolaget in Malmö, Sweden will be broadcast on P3 Live on Swedish national radio (Sveriges Radio) on June 24 at 21.30 CET. For more information (in Swedish),visit www.sr.se/p3/live. OPETH will take part in the European inst...

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IN FLAMES Bassist To DJ At Sweden's METALTOWN Festival

Bassist Peter Iwers of Swedish metallers IN FLAMES will be the guest DJ at the Metaltown festival in Gothenburg, Sweden at Frihamnen. Find him at the Golden Wave trailer on Saturday, June 27 between 18.30 and 19.00. Metaltown will take place June 27-28 and will feature performances form the followin...

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HEAVEN & HELL's METALWAY Cancelation: Video Footage Of DIO's Speech Available

Video footage of HEAVEN & HELL frontman Ronnie James Dio explaining to the audience at last night's (Sunday, June 21) Metalway Festival in Zaragoza, Spain that the band would not be able to perform because guitarist Tony Iommi was "very, very ill" can be viewed below. Sergi Ramos of The Metal Ci...

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METALLICA Now Selling First-Ever CLIFF BURTON Biography

METALLICA is currently selling "To Live Is To Die: The Life And Death Of Metallica's Cliff Burton", the first-ever Burton biography, via the band's official web site. Written by U.K.-based author Joel McIver and published by Jawbone Press, the book includes a foreword by Cliff's close friend in META...

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HEAVEN & HELL Guitarist's 'Back Pain' Forces METALWAY Cancelation

According to Sergi Ramos of The Metal Circus, HEAVEN & HELL was forced to cancel its appearance Sunday night (June 21) at the Metalway Festival in Zaragoza, Spain due to back pain suffered by guitarist Tony Iommi. Ramos tells BLABBERMOUTH.NET, "The stage was already set with all [HEAVEN & HE...

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OPETH Frontman Interviewed At U.K.'s DOWNLOAD

Raz of ThrashHits.com conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of the Swedish progressive metal band OPETH at this year's Download festival, which was held June 12-14 at Donington Park, United Kingdom. Watch the five-minute chat below. OPETH will take part in the European inst...

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TENET: 'Sovereign' Artwork Unveiled; First Track Posted Online

TENET, originally the brainchild of guitarist Jed Simon (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, ZIMMER'S HOLE),has throughout the years evolved into a monstrous extreme metal force featuring such illustrious musicians as Steve "Zetro" Souza (EXODUS) on vocals, Glen Alvelais (FORBIDDEN, TESTAMENT) on lead guitar, Byr...

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OPETH Members To Guest-DJ On LIQUID METAL

On Tuesday, July 7 at 6:00 p.m. EST, Mikael Åkerfeldt (guitar, vocals) and Fredrik Åkesson (guitar) of the Swedish progressive metal band OPETH will host a guest-DJ special on Liquid Metal (Sirius 27 / XM 42) that runs the gamut of the rock spectrum! According to a press release, "Each dude was give...

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CONTRIVE To Enter Studio This Week

Australia's CONTRIVE will enter Toyland Studios in Melbourne this week to begin recording the follow-up to its acclaimed 2006 debut, "The Meaning Unseen". Commented drummer Andrew Haug: "Finally, we're hitting the studio to record what has been dubbed by friends and even us as the 'Contrive Democrac...